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Katy’s media career began at The Daily Telegraph. She was Diary Editor and a Political Correspondent for The Spectator and then became Political Editor. She also hosts the podcast Women With Balls where she speaks to women at the top of their respective games, about their passions, battles, and what makes them tick.


Biography

Katy Balls is the Spectator‘s political editor. She is a regular columnist for the i newspaper and a contributor to The Guardian.

She was shortlisted for Political Commentator of the Year at the Press Awards. Katy is a host of the Spectator‘s daily politics podcast Coffee House Shots and presents her own Spectator podcast Women With Balls, where she speaks to women leading the way in their field including Justine Roberts, Nadine Dorries, Liz Truss, Ruth Davison, Dame Helena Morrissey, Dame Joan Collins, Ruby Wax and Emma Barnett.

Katy is a regular on broadcast and television and has appeared on a range of current affairs programmes including The Andrew Marr Show, Politics Live, Any Questions, the Today programme, Channel 4 News and Newsnight.

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